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BILLIARD BRIDGE HOOK 0R SUPPORT.

a w 8 D 00 T N z a m H m m r W w W m L w .0 a P WU V H 0 E m 2 3 N a W N w/ WARREN L. BRADDOOK AND HARRY J. \VITGHELL, OF BOSTON, MASS.

BiLLlARD-BRIDGE Hook OR SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATIOJST forming part of Letters Patent No.353,013, dated November 23,1886.

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To aZZ whmn it may concern:

Be it known that we, WARREN L. BRAD- noon and HARRY J. WITOHELL, both of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements, in Billiard-Bridge Hooks or Supports, of which the following is a specification.

Ourv invention relates to holders or supports for bridges employed in playing billiards and like games,and has for its object the construction of a supportof the character mentioned which will effectively hold the bridge thereon, be convenient in use, of simple construction, and ornamental in appearance.

Our invention consists in a billiard-bridge support comprising a device having the form of a hook in which the two arms or the major portions thereof extend at an angle to each.

' handle is to rest for the purpose of holding tion thereof. Fig. 3 representsa modification The same letters of reference refer to the same parts in all of the figures.

(t represents the main arm of the bridgesupport, provided at its upper end with a screw, b, whereby it is adapted to be secured to the under side of the table at any suitable point. The arm a is bent baokwardly for a short distance below its upper end and forwardly for the remaining distance, the forwardly-bent part forming with the opposite arm, 0, a hook substantiallyV-shaped in form,

as shown and described, slightly rounded at its lower partthat is to say, the two arms a and c, or the major portions thereof, extend at an angle to each other, diverging from their lower connected ends upward, so as to form a substantial V shape. y

We cut a channel, d, in the inner lower por-' dle, in connectionwith the V form of the hook,

serves tohold it from slipping through the support upon the floor, as it frequently does when bridge-supports of ordinary construction are employed-that is, the handle of the bridge is held in the support bybeing wedged by its own weight between the frictionallylined V-shaped or angularly-extended arms of the hook, which would not be the case if the arms of the hook were parallel with each other.

By bending the upper end of the main arm a baokwardly, .as described, we construct the open end of the hook so that the bridge-handle can the more readilybe placed therein. To still further facilitate thislatter operation, we preferably bend the upper end of inclined arm 0. outwardly, forming lip Z. Instead of placing alining in the inner lower portion, A, of the hook, We may employ three or more rubber or leather studs or buttons, f, at the points where the handle of the bridge would touch when resting in the support. Said studs or buttons could be made as heads to pins of the same material, secured in suitable holes in the hook, as represented in Fig. 3. v

Other changes in the form and construction of our billiard-bridge support may be made without departing from the spirit thereof. For instance, it is not essential that the hook should be V-shaped in form, as the shape'may be varied to meet the requirements of various cases.

A bridge-support constructed in accordance with our invention may be readily attached to a billiard-table, be more serviceable than those now in use, be readily and cheaply repaired when the lining shall become Worn or displaced by use, and be very ornamental in appearance for the reason that the portions of the surface beyond the inner lower portion where the lining is placed can be plated with nickel, silver, gold, or other metal.

V 1. A billiard-bridge support consisting of a device having the form of a hook, in which the two arms, or the major portions thereof,

4 extend at an angle to each other so as to form a substantial V shape, with a lining of rubber, leather, felt, or like frictional material on its inner lower portion where the handle of the bridge is to rest, whereby said arms are adapted to have the bridge-handle wedged and held therebetween at their frictionally-lined,

point, one of said arms being extended and provided with means for securing it to a billiard-table, as set forth.

2. A billiard-bridge support consisting of a device having the form of a hook, in which the two arms, or the major portions thereof, extend at an angle to each other so as to form a substantial V shape, with a lining of rubber, leather, felt, or like frictional material on its W ARREN L. BRADDOGK. HARRY J. VVITGHELL.

Vitnesses:

G. F. BROWN, ARTHUR \V. CROSSLEY. 

